The Economic Journal is one of the leading scholarly journals of economics

Economics

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. It is published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society

Royal Economic Society

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 by Wiley-Blackwell.

The journal is one of the oldest journals of economics. It was first published in 1891 "with a view of promoting the advancement of economic knowledge". John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments...

 edited the journal from 1911 to 1946. John Flemming

John Flemming

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 of the University of Oxford

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 was the managing editor from 1976–80.
Presently, the journal is edited by Antonio Ciccone of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Leonardo Felli of London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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, Steve Machin (Feature Editor) of University College London

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, Jörn-Steffen Pischke of London School of Economics, and Andrew Scott (Managing Editor) of London Business School

London Business School

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